The Pioneer Zephyr aka Burlington Zephyr is a diesel-powered trainset built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, commonly known as the Burlington Route. It set a speed record in 1934 between Denver and Chicago, making a non-stop "Dawn-to-Dusk" dash in 13 hours 5 minutes at an average speed of almost 78 mph over the 1,015-mile route. This event inspired the 1934 RKO film, The Silver Streak, starring Sally Blane and Charles Starrett. On the same day in 1960, the train's 26th anniversary of the "Dawn-to-Dusk" dash, the original Pioneer Zephyr made its last run along the train's regular revenue route from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Kansas City, Missouri, finishing in Chicago, Illinois where it was donated to Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry.
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